Mortar-board cap



Jan. 28, 1930.

H. C. MYERS M ORTAR BOARD CAP Filed D69. 12, 1927 2 Shaet s-Sheet l 1930- H. c. MYERS 1,745,184

MORTAR BOARD GAP Filed Dec. 12, 192"! 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gt 10 I II Patented Jan. 28, 1930 UNITED STATES HAROLD G. MYERS, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA MORTAR-BOARD CA? Application filed December 12, 1927. Serial No.239,317.

This invention relates to a mortar board cap or an academic cap provided with a flat, four-corner crown board.

Mortar board caps, such as are used in academic exercises, are somewhat expensive in construction and are generally used but a few times by an individual. As a result, in most cases these mortar board caps are rented rather than sold. Parties renting caps of this kind find extreme difliculty in securing a stock of all the different sizes of caps. The stiff bowl-shaped cap piece of the mortar board cap is particularly unyielding in construction and accordingly the cap piece of the cap must accurately fit the head of the wearer.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a mortar board cap in which the cap or crown piece is adapted to be adjusted in size in order to lit the head of the wearer.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a mortar board cap with a cap piece or crown piece which is divided centrally 2 and one at least of the parts of the cap or crown piece is slidably connected with the mortar board of the cap so that the size of the crown of the cap may be readily varied.

Various additional objects and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the description of a preferred form or example of a cap embodying the invention. For this purpose the preferred form of the cap is hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a perspective of the mortar board cap;

Figure 2 is a perspective of the cap with the parts in a different adjusted position;

Figure 3 is a bottom view of a cap with one section of the cap or crown piece removed;

Figure 4 is a bottom view of the portion of crown piece removed from Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a fragmentary elevation showing the connection between the crown piece and the mortar board; and

Figure 6 is a fragmentary elevation at right angles to Figure 5 also showing the connecting means between the mortar board and crown piece of the cap.

Referring to the drawings, the cap is illustrated as provided with the usual mortar board 2 which is a stiff, four-cornered boardlike top. The mortar board 2 of the cap is indicated as connected with a crown 3 for the cap, which crown is formed in two portions 4 and 5 each forming slightlymore than half of the crown of the cap. The portion 4 of the crown is indicated as preferably permanently attached to the mortar board 2 by suitable means such as the fastenings 6. The crown piece 5 is indicated as slidably secured to the mortar board 2. For this purpose the crown piece 5 is indicated as having a top wall 7 which supports a metal strip or strap 8, the strap 8 being attached to the wall 7 of the crown piece 5 by means ofthe fasteners 9. The strap 8 is provided with upstanding pins 10 having heads 11. The heads 11 are indicated as-enclosed by a slide track 12 fastened to the mortar board 2. 13indicates the fastenersholding the track 12 tothe mortar board. Said track is formed with a longitudinal opening 14 through which the pins 10 pass and the edges of which engage the heads 11 to hold the crown piece 5 to the mortar board 2. The slot 14of the track 12 extends from near the front of the cap to near the base 8 of the cap so that the crown piece 5 may be slid relative to the crown piece 4 a considerable distance suflicient to change the size of the crown formed by the pieces 4 and 5 from the smallest size ordinarily required to the largest size ordinarily required. The slot 14 is indicated as provided with one or more enlargements 15 so that the pins 10 may be inserted through said enlargements in attaching the crown piece 5 to the mortar board 2.

There is also preferably provided a means for attaching or looking the crown pieces 4 and 5 in different operating positions. One form of said means is shown as comprising snaps 16 positioned near the bottom edges of the crown piece 4 where the same overlaps the fastenings. Said snaps 16 are indicated as adapted to fit in a series of openings 17 in metallic strips 18 carried by the member 5. The snaps are thus adapted to latch the crown pieces 4 and 5 in different positions so as to old the crown pieces firmly in the position desired.

While the crown piece 5 is shown as slidably connected to the mortar board 2, it is understood that this is merely a preferred form of the invention and the crown piece 5 might be movable into various adjusted positions relative to the crown piece 4 by a great variety of means, all of which are included within the resent invention. The present invention is urther not limited to any of the particular details pointed out in the description of the preferred form of cap but includes all such modifications and changes as come within the scope of the following claims.

I claim:

1. A cap comprising a plurality of rela tively stiff crown pieces adapted to be set together to form a crown with their edges over lapping a mortar board, one of the crown pieces being rigid with the mortar board, the other crown piece being movable relative to the mortar board and having a top wall, means for slidably holding said top wall to said mortar board, and fastening means on said overlapping edges for fastening the crown pieces in various relative positions controlling the size of the crown.

2. A mortar board cap comprising a mortar board, a crown for said mortar board, divided at its sides into two relatively movable crown pieces, the front crown piece being mounted rigid with said mortar board, the rear crown piece having a top wall, means slidably connecting the top of said rear crown piece with said mortar board, and means for attaching said rear crown piece in fixed position, independent of the head of the wearer,

whereby said attaching means may indicate the size of the crown.

Signed at Los Angeles, California, this 29 day of Nov., 1927.

HAROLD C. MYERS. 

